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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

We mourn the loss of our friend and colleague and remain committed to the work he began.

Garrett County

Maryland

Basic Information

Type of Place
County
Metro Area
Politics c. 1860?
Don’t Know
Unions, Organized Labor?
Don’t Know

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Probable
Was there an ordinance?
Don't Know
Sign?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Don’t Know

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880 112
1890 185
1900 126
1910 107
1920 45
1930 24
1940 5
1950 9
1960 39
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

Although Garrett County appears to have blacks in
census figures, a librarian says that these are mostly
residents of youth camps, detention camps, and in
early years, CCC, logging, and mining camps, as
opposed to permanent residents.

“We all knew that blacks were not wanted in Garrett
County.”
-Henry Louis Gates, Jr.